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Born February 14, 1819 • Pennsylvania
Died February 17, 1890 (aged 71) • Milwaukee • Wisconsin

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Eleanor Medill Patterson
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John Hay Whitney
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Robert Dale Owen
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Joseph Medill, detail of a lithograph by J.O. Ottomann Company, 1893.
Joseph Medill
American publisher
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William Allen White
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Arthur M. Sackler
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Ely Moore
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Thurlow Weed
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
American abolitionist
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Hezekiah Niles
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Benjamin Lundy
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Seba Smith
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Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German philosopher
Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian revolutionary
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer

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